President Ronald Reagan once quipped, “Someone once said that politics is the second-oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”

Perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised that prostitution may soon be decriminalized in Washington, D.C. If the city council has its way, the nation’s capital, a monument to America’s historic role in defending the rights and dignity of every individual, will become home to a booming sex trade.